Death in Gaza

The documentary opens in the West Bank, then moves to Gaza and spends most of its time in Rafah. It follows three children: Ahmed, twelve, Mohammed, twelve, and Najla, sixteen. Their daily lives, their schooling and the violence around them are recorded together. The filming was cut short in Rafah in 2003. The director James Miller was shot dead on 3 May 2003 while carrying press markings. Witnesses said he had been waving a white flag; an Israeli army inquiry cleared the officer concerned in 2005. The film was completed by its producer, Saira Shah, and won an Emmy the same year it came out. James Miller’s eighty minute documentary was completed in 2004.